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Originally published in 1984, this book has become a classic in the field of education reform. The message in Horace's Complaint is even more relevant today, as it presents a revealing and often troubling picture of the current school environment, as seen from both the teachers' and the students' points of view.

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Theordore R. Sizer, University Professor Emeritus at Brown Universtiy, is the chairman of the coalition of Essential Schools. He lives in Harvard, Massachusetts.

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"Offers the most far-reaching blueprint for change at a time when school reform has become a hot political subject." (Newsweek)

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  • PublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.,c1992.
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 039561158X
  • ISBN 13 9780395611586
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  • Number of pages288
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